Platinum Blonde – Crying Over You (Canada 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on April 6th, 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
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Platinum Blonde was a Canadian New Wave group in the 1980s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Manchester, England on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group. The name of the band was inspired by the 1931 Jean Harlow movie Platinum Blonde. They were known also for their stylish glam rock-like appearance dressing in pastel colour outfits and their music videos. Platinum Blonde was inducted into the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame on March 12, 2010.
In 1985, the band released a second album called Alien Shores, featuring the addition of a fourth member, Kenny MacLean. “Crying Over You” was the first single released from the album and features a guitar solo from Alex Lifeson from Rush. The song peaked at #2 on the Canadian Singles Chart in 1985. The ultra rare 12″ single features remixes by Shep Pettibone.
SIDE A:
Crying Over You (Radical Mix) 6:07
SIDE B:
Crying Over You (Dub Version) 5:27
Crying Over You (Instrabeat Mix) 4:33
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Crying over You | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | dod Not Chart |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia
Catalog#: 12CXP-7115
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: Canada
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Credits: Producer – Eddy Offord, Mark Holmes (2)
Remix – Shep Pettibone
Cover [Design] By – Syme and safari
NOTES:
Special versions from the lp “ALIEN SHORES”
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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April 6th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Thank you soooo much for this. Been looking for this for years! I even played drums for the band between 99 and 2001 and couldn’t even get it from Mark Holmes so a huge cheers! Hope you have some more Blonde in the future!
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Richard John Reply:
April 7th, 2011 at 4:36 am
You’d think Sony Music Canada would wise up at some point and release some of this “never been on CD” material. I’ve grown really weary of trawling the internet only to not find any of the more obscure mixes.
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April 6th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Thanks Paul. I remember seeing them in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the 80s but never bought any of their records so it is nice to have this.
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April 7th, 2011 at 12:42 am
DJ Paul T, as much as I love your Culture Club, Dead Or Alive, Duran Duran and Sheena Easton posts, THIS post might be my favourite!
PB was one of my all-time favorites. When Alien Shores came out, they had really exploded everywhere. I went to high school with the guy who plays the bodyguard in the Crying Over You Video.
I saw them live at Maple Leaf Gardens with Michael Damien as the opener! Yikes!
These days Mark is still living in Toronto ( I think ) and is a co-owner of the Vespa shop on Queen Street West.
Still… that alien shores look was EVERYWHERE. “Stitches” anyone?
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April 7th, 2011 at 4:35 am
AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!
Platinum Blonde are one of my fave acts from my youth. Having grown up in Canada they were our very own Duran Duran (without the longevity as they pretty much imploded after “Contact”). H
However, finding ANY remixes online is like pulling teeth, so this is probably THE most welcome addition to your site for me (unless you have any other PB 12″s like “Contact”, “Fire”, “Take it From Me”, etc.)
Thank you again Paul for proving why your site is invaluable to anyone who had ANY interest in music from the 80s.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 3:42 am
Yet another “unknown” track for me…and I luv it!!!!!!! It’s just been played 4 times over and over! Thanks for another awesome post! Great mixing again by Shep Pettibone, especially the breakdown near the end. Billiant!!!
I agree with Richard, burningtheground is invaluable to fans of 80′s music – “Proper music”!
Thanks again
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July 25th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Hey, you wouldn’t happen to have the release The Blondes – Yeah, Yeah, Yeah or their Live album do you?…I have all their stuff but those 2…searched forever for them, thanks!!…thanks again for the download as well, AWESOME, love this band!
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September 19th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Hi all, just letting you all know, I finally found “Yeah Yeah Yeah” on CD and purchased it, I am now on the hunt for “Platinum Blonde “Best of LIVE”….does anyone have this?
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November 13th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
All dead links.
Can you re-upload? I love Platinum Blonde and I have never heard these alt versions.
If anyone has any links to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Best Of Live, or remix song versions please post them!
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